Elizabethtown weather in December: Elizabethtown, Kentucky: normal highs, lows, rain and records for December
Elizabethtown in December has a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 28°F, a daily mean of 37°F, falling from 50°F on the 1st to 43°F by the 31st. Measurable precipitation falls on 12 days in a normal December, 4.94 inches in all. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a normal high of 8°C and low of −2°C, 125 mm of precipitation and 2 cm of snow in December.
- NOAA stationElizabethtown Wp Cs
- Station IDUSC00152512
- Location37.68°N 85.88°W
- Elevation690 ft (210 m)
- Population34,565
- Jan 42° 24°
- Feb 47° 27°
- Mar 56° 35°
- Apr 67° 44°
- May 75° 54°
- Jun 83° 62°
- Jul 86° 66°
- Aug 85° 64°
- Sep 80° 57°
- Oct 69° 45°
- Nov 56° 34°
- Dec 46° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
How warm is Elizabethtown in December?
The normal high is 46°F and the normal low 28°F, for a daily mean of 37.1°F. December is 8.1°F cooler than November and 4.0°F warmer than January. December is the 11th warmest month of the year in Elizabethtown and the 5th wettest. Across the month the normal high falls 7°F, from 50°F on December 1 to 43°F on December 31. From one year to the next December's mean temperature typically moves about 4.1°F either way (NOAA's standard deviation), so roughly two Decembers in three average between 33°F and 41°F.
Bars above: each day's normal high to low. Columns below: the chance of 0.01 inch or more of precipitation that day, on a scale of 0 to 100% (highest 38%).
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | 50°F | 30°F | 34% | 26% |
| December 8 | 48°F | 29°F | 36% | 27% |
| December 15 | 46°F | 28°F | 37% | 27% |
| December 22 | 45°F | 27°F | 38% | 27% |
| December 31 | 43°F | 26°F | 38% | 27% |
Every day of December: normal high, low and chance of precipitation (warmest afternoon December 1, coldest night December 31)
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | 50°F | 30°F | 34% | 26% | 9 h 50 min |
| December 2 | 50°F | 30°F | 34% | 26% | 9 h 50 min |
| December 3 | 49°F | 30°F | 35% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 4 | 49°F | 30°F | 35% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 5 | 49°F | 30°F | 35% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 6 | 49°F | 29°F | 35% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 7 | 48°F | 29°F | 36% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 8 | 48°F | 29°F | 36% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 9 | 48°F | 29°F | 36% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 10 | 48°F | 29°F | 36% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 11 | 47°F | 29°F | 37% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 12 | 47°F | 29°F | 37% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 13 | 47°F | 28°F | 37% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 14 | 47°F | 28°F | 37% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 15 | 46°F | 28°F | 37% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 16 | 46°F | 28°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 17 | 46°F | 28°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 18 | 46°F | 28°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 19 | 45°F | 28°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 20 | 45°F | 28°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 21 | 45°F | 27°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 22 | 45°F | 27°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 23 | 45°F | 27°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 24 | 44°F | 27°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 25 | 44°F | 27°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 26 | 44°F | 27°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 27 | 44°F | 27°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 28 | 44°F | 26°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 29 | 43°F | 26°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 30 min |
| December 30 | 43°F | 26°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| December 31 | 43°F | 26°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
- Normal high
- 46°FDecember average
- Normal low
- 28°FDecember average
- Precipitation
- 4.94 inmonth total
- Days with precipitation
- 120.01 inch or more
- Snowfall
- 0.8 inmonth total
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 21
- Daylight
- 9 h 50 min to 9 h 40 minDecember 1 to December 31
- Sunshine
- 62%of clear-sky sunlight (NASA)
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily normals, station USC00152512; monthly normals. Daylight is computed from the place's latitude with NOAA's solar equations.
Does it rain or snow in Elizabethtown in December?
On a given December day the chance of 0.01 inch or more is 37% on average, highest around December 28 (38%). In all, 4.94 in falls on 12 days of a normal December, 1 of them with an inch or more.
In a normal December in Elizabethtown, 21 nights fall to freezing, 4 days stay below freezing all day and snowfall averages 0.8 inches.
Snow falls on 1 day in a normal December.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily and monthly normals, station USC00152512.
How does December in Elizabethtown compare across Kentucky?
Across the 68 places PlainClimate covers in Kentucky, December normal highs run from 44°F in Ashland to 51°F in Summer Shade; Elizabethtown's is 46°F.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals for every station in the state.
Other months and places
- Elizabethtown in November56°F by day, 34°F at night
- Elizabethtown in January42°F by day, 24°F at night
- Elizabethtown through the yearEvery month, frost dates, records and recent years
- Kentucky in DecemberThe statewide normal and the warmest and coolest places
- Summer Shade: Kentucky's warmest Decembernormal high 51°F